SV: _Die Perfektion der Technik_

["Bertil Häggman" <bertil.haggman@helsingborg.se>]

>I have a copy of the English translation published by Regnery.  I have
>only seen used copies of this, and I suspect it has been out of print
>for many years, unfortunately.  I find it humorous that they had to
>retitle it _The Failure of Technology: Perfection without Purpose_. 
>Apparently in this half savage land of mine we are not capable of
>understanding irony.
>
>It is a very good book, needless to say on this list.


Gerd,

Thank you very much for responding. Happy to
hear that somebody on the list owns the English
translation. Would guess it was published towards
the end of the 1940s.

As I am preparing a paper for delivery later this
year I am seeking the English version of Chapter 46
of _Die Perfektion der Technik_. If I cover the costs
of copying and postage might you consider
helping me out? 

Forgot to tell about the fact (maybe this also in the
American edition) that the production of the book was
dramatic. The book could be published in 1946 only
although the manuscript was completed in 1939.
"Durch Bombenangriffe wurde sowohl der Satz in Hamburg
wie die fertiggestellte Auflage in Freiburg bis auf wenige
Exemplare zerstoert. In der gleichen Zeit druckte der
Drucker Victor Hammer in Lexington, Ky, der im Besitze
eines Manuskripts war, zusammen mit seinem Sohne,
neun Exemplare in Handdruck und gedieh mit
diesen langwierigen, sorgsamen Arbeit bis zur Seite
60. Der Verlust des Manuskriptes sollte verhuetet werden."
(Seite 5).

Best wishes

Bertil